Animal Legal Defense Fund v. California Exposition & State Fairs

Opinion

RICHMAN, J.

Plaintiffs brought a Code of Civil Procedure section 526a (section 526a) taxpayer action against defendants based on allegations that defendants commit animal cruelty every summer by transporting pregnant pigs and housing them in farrowing crates at the state fair. One defendant, joined by the other, demurred, contending plaintiffs’ complaint failed to state a cause of action for three distinct reasons, including that California’s animal cruelty laws are not enforceable through a taxpayer action. The trial court agreed on all accounts, and sustained the demurrer without…